Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 gave a key companion the worst build in the game Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 may give the players plenty of opportunities to craft the most powerful characters possible, but that\u2019s got nothing on the pretty useless companion Larian crafted themselves. It\u2019s well known among the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community that Shadowheart, the Cleric you meet at the start of the game, is pretty lackluster in her power. Some blame it on her odd array of spells, others swear she\u2019s coded to miss 90% of her attacks. Either way, the poor loveable companion just doesn\u2019t hold up too much in combat. However, after the players took to Reddit and performed a deep dive into why Shadowheart doesn\u2019t quite hold up, it was revealed that it\u2019s not her spells or her coding, but her stats and subclass that let her down. Typically, as highlighted by the post, Clerics are designed to be up-front fighters. Their high armor class, weapon proficiencies, and well-thought-out spells make them perfect for a frontline healer. However, with a 13 in Strength, and 14 in Constitution, Shadowheart\u2019s armor class and attack damage are already incredibly sub-par. Combine that with her Trickery Domain subclass, and many fans were quickly wondering why Larian decided to design her in such an odd way. \u201cThe way her stats are balanced in her base kit is INCREDIBLY stupid,\u201d commented one fan, going on to explain how the issues \u201cended up giving a lot of new players who might not have understood why things weren\u2019t working\/how to fix it in respec a really bad opinion of her.\u201d Of course, if Shadowheart is respecced then players can completely change her stats subclass. Fans quickly took to the comments to showcase the best choices for these. \u201cShadowheart gets a respec into tempest or war domain every time\u201d explained one player, adding that the \u201cformer has more caster vibes and latter is also fun and badass.\u201d The Tempest Cleric is undeniably the favored subclass for Clerics and Shadowheart. After all, it does grant you tons of damaging spells like Thunderwave, Shatter, and Call Lightning, but also some handy utility spells like Freedom of Movement. So, if you intend on adding Shadowheart to your Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 party, be sure to respec her as soon as you can, change her stats around to work more with her attacks or her spells, and be sure to avoid the Trickery domain as much as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 gave a key companion the worst build in the game Larian StudiosBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 may give the players plenty of opportunities to craft the most powerful characters possible, but that\u2019s got nothing on the pretty useless companion Larian crafted themselves. It\u2019s well known among the Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 community that Shadowheart, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}